(Speaking of Mr. Spitzer, who is entitled, like Mr. Cuomo, to submit an official portrait at his own expense, a spokeswoman said a portrait is “not top of mind for him.”)

Creative use of Illustrator, Photoshop and other drawing and image-manipulation software is encouraged. Abstraction is O.K., but the portrait should bear some reasonable likeness to one of the governors. The better selections will be highlighted on this blog, with credit, of course, later this week. For reference, see the official list of New York’s governors, and the Wikipedia list, which includes links and images.

Note to readers: Thanks for all the interesting portraits. We are no longer accepting submissions, and will post a slide show of the best entries on Friday.

As a long-time admirer of Gov. Cuomo, I hope he will find a way to be pictorially represented on those dark old state house walls because It is not about him; it is about New York State history. So, via sitting, photo, or R. Crumb rendition, whatever, up against the wall!

If what i see in the so called fine arts galleries of
NYC someone should just take a cellphone picture
of him and blow it up,then call , the new digital art
portraiture ,it may not last long but it will be big
and colorful.

I believe Marsha has it right. The issue should have little to do with the idiosyncrasies (or transgressions) of the people involved (i.e., the former Governors); it should be about New York State history. . . . Clearly, even Spitzer is already part of that history.

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